As we began following this story of the ship, I discovered my great grandparents and other family had once sailed upon SS ...
Naval architect William Francis Gibbs designed it to be a luxury ocean liner in peacetime that could quickly switch to transporting 14,000 troops in wartime if needed. The vessel broke the trans ...
William Francis Gibbs, in statement just before ship left. After spending nearly three decades docked empty in Philadelphia, the tow to Mobile is expected to take about two weeks. Observers of the ...
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The Historic S.S. 'United States,' the Fastest Liner to Cross the Atlantic, Is Heading to a Watery Grave“You can’t set her on fire, you can’t sink her and you can’t catch her,” as William Francis Gibbs, the ship’s designer, once said, according to the S.S. United States ...
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Historic American-made ocean liner departs for one final voyageWilliam Francis Gibbs, and president of the SS United States Conservancy. “As the fastest ship to ever cross the Atlantic travels for the first time since arriving in Philadelphia in 1996 ...
Designed by naval architect William Francis Gibbs, the liner was constructed in the early 1950s as both a luxury ocean liner and a wartime transport capable of carrying 14,000 troops. Its maiden ...
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